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the priests of the Bohemian National (Utraquist) Church, whom Rokycan, now returned from exile, was endea-

vouring to organise hierarchically. As already mentioned, many minor works of Chelcicky have become known, some quite recently. Of these, the most important are the Exposition of the Passion aaording to St. John and the treatise On the Beast and its Image. They are commentaries, the former on the last chapter of the Gospel, the latter on the Revelation of St. John, a saint whose particular influence on Chelcicky is often noticeable. Of other minor works, the treatise On the Body of Christ and that On the Foundation of Worldly Laws are most worthy of notice. Though he cannot be considered its founder, Chelcicky's influence contributed greatly to the formation of I have, howthe society of the " Bohemian Brethren." " Unity," as it was called, ever, preferred to deal with the in the next chapter, when I shall consecutively deal with its theological writers from the founders of the association down to Komensky.

In other than theological works

period of the Hussite wars is very poor. Of historians, Lawrence of Bfezov and Mladenovic have already been mentioned. It remains to notice a series of chroniclers, whose writings I have already quoted, and who are known as the Stafi Letopisove Cesti, or "ancient Bohemian chroniclers." These writings, the work of different authors, many of whom were probably eye-witnesses of the events which they describe, form a chronological account, written in the national language, of the occurrences in Bohemia from 1378 to 1526. The most interesting part of these chronicles refers to the period of the Hussite the